If an employee is medically removed under the medical surveillance requirements of an OSHA
standard, you must record the case

The case is recorded as either one involving days away from work or days of restricted work
activity

If the case involves voluntary removal below the removal levels required by the standard, the
case need not be recorded

Speaker Notes:

1904.9 requires the employer to record cases where an employee is medically removed under an OSHA
standard. Several OSHA standards have medical removal criteria, including the lead, cadmium, and
benzene standards.

The case is recorded as a days away or restricted work case depending on how the employer deals
with the removal.

If employers voluntarily remove employees below the thresholds in the standards, the case does not
need to be recorded under this paragraph.